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From: mm@vaxine.UUCP (Mark Mudgett)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: RE: Muskrat Ramble/Love
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Date: Fri, 29-Mar-85 12:38:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 29 12:38:33 1985
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>From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
>> >Ah, but who could forget the Captain & Tenneils(sp?) "Muskrat Love"?
>>
>>      Ah, but remember that it was the group "America" who first did
>> "Muskrar love", and I do believe they wrote it, also.
>
>Sorry, but the song was called "Muskrat Ramble" and it was penned and first
>recorded by Texas singer/songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey.  While other people
>did record top-40-ized crap versions of the tune, Ramsey's own laid-back
>rendition is a classic and doesn't deserve the insult of being mentioned in
>this discussion.  (Harrumph. :-) )
>
>--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
>--- {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle
>--- riddle@ut-sally.UUCP, riddle@ut-sally.ARPA, riddle%zotz@ut-sally
>


"Muskrat Love" is NOT the same song as "Muskrat Ramble".
"Muskrat Ramble" is a dixieland standard, and was NOT recorded by
the Captain and Toenail.  (Hrrumph-umph >8-(  )
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